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Re: Possible crawler-bot alert?
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lugnet.admin.general
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Tue, 5 Feb 2002 15:38:24 GMT
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Boger" <dan@peeron.com>
> In lugnet.admin.general, Andy Lynch wrote:
> > Question regarding this. I mostly post to LUGNET via e-mail. I just
> > tried doing so using a spamblock in my reply-to header. This works
> > fine, but my From: field still shows my normal address, and LUGNET • is
> > polite enough to display that fact, as shown here:
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> that is correct - since you didn't change your "from" field to use the
> spamblock. What you need to do is create a new "posting setup" here:
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> http://news.lugnet.com/news/post/setup/
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> and put in your spamblock email address in the "From" area. Then, • change
> your mail client to send mail as if it's comeing from that spamblock
> address. After the posting setup gets processed, you'll be able to • post,
> and the only address shown with be the spamblocked one.
Oh, I see. I have actually changed my posting setup to include the
block, but cannot send e-mail out using the block, as my mail server
will not let that pass. Oh well.
I must have a couple of posting setups in the LUGNET database, one with
the block and one without.
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<snip>
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> While this (and other ways) are easy to do, they're very easy to
> overcome, and probably not worth the effort. If you're worried about
> spam, use a spamblock - that's the only (close to) safe way.
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> Dan
<sigh> Of course, you are right with this. It's a pity so much effort
goes into this sort of thing.
Anyway, thanks for the quick reply. :-)
-Andy Lynch
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| (...) in that case, you might want to sign up to one of the spam filtering services? I know some people have used them with much success, such as spamcop.net. (...) you can have as many setups as you need - but to use the spamblock, you only need (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Possible crawler-bot alert?
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| (...) that is correct - since you didn't change your "from" field to use the spamblock. What you need to do is create a new "posting setup" here: (URL) put in your spamblock email address in the "From" area. Then, change your mail client to send (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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